spice

Any of various pungent, aromatic plant substances, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, used to flavor foods or beverages.

These substances considered as a group.

Something that adds zest or interest.

A pungent aroma.

To season with spices.

To add zest or interest to.

To prepare with a condiment or seasoning, especially of something aromatic or piquant; season or temper with a spice or spices: as, highly spiced food; to spice wine.

To vary or diversify, as speech, with words or matter of a different kind or tenor; interlard; make spicy, piquant, or entertaining; as, to spice one’s talk with oaths, quips, or scandal; to spice a sermon with anecdotes.

A small stick.